title: Vogtherr's Büchlin.
abstract: Heinrich Vogtherr's Büchlin is the first European, ophthalmology booklet published in the vernacular. It appeared in 1538 amidst a stream of other medical booklets by the same publisher. Büchlin includes an anatomy of the eye, a description of pathophysiology, various diseases, and numerous remedies. It precedes G. Bartisch's Ophthalmodouleia but earlier texts probably influenced Bartisch more.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Blanchard
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D005858:Germany; D049669:History, 16th Century; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history*